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United Once Again (Kalijah)
*Present*
The broken clock is a comfort
It helps me sleep tonight
Maybe it can stop tomorrow from stealing all my time
I am here still waiting though I still have my doubts
I am damaged at best
Like you’ve already figured out
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain
There is healing
In your name I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on
I’m holdin’ on
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
It was a nebulous night in New Orleans, as Katherine walked through the French Quarter in search of Elijah. She didn’t like to admit it, but for once in a very long time, she needed him; needed his help; his protection. She was human, which meant that sooner or later, her enemies would find out and she wouldn’t be able to defend herself. Having an Original on her side would be a bonus for her. This wasn’t just survival though. She also wanted to win him back. If she was going to die human, she wanted to at least get her happy ending with him before then. It still hurt that he’d left her for his family, but after being reunited with Nadia, she understood somewhat. She didn’t want Nadia’s protection though. Nadia had spent her entire vampirism life searching for her. It was time for her to live her own life. It was best that she go to Elijah. He and his siblings were almost unkillable. She was doing this to keep Nadia alive and make the better choice. Even if that choice got her killed or once again, hurt. He’d never hurt her before like he had by breaking up with her, but then again, it was partly her fault for lying to him.
*Pennsylvania*
*Day*
Elijah and Katherine were in an alleyway, Katherine standing in front of him.
“I was doing what I had to to survive,” she defended.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused her.
“Don’t. Don’t let sweet little Elena get to you. She hates me. She wants you to turn against me and convince you that I can’t be trusted.”
“I asked you a question,” he said in an irritated and commanding tone.
“No,” she replied. “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.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.” He turned his face away and she dropped her hand. “You don’t believe me,” she realized.
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when at every turn you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
He began to walk away.
She caught up with him, a hand on his arm, stopping him.
He looked at her, then her hand, and then her again.
“Wait,” she said. Seeing him look at her hand, she knew he wanted her to let go. So she did.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
*Night*
Elijah was walking down a sidewalk. When he saw her coming, he tried to pass her, but her words and her in front of him stopped him.
“Wait,” she said.
“What do you want?”
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive that I don’t —I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
She pulled out a black box from her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I could shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She put the cure in his hand, which was a vial of blood. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He silently watched, as she walked off. Then he looked down at the cure.
*Mystic Falls*
It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson mansion. He’d just told her that he was leaving to follow Klaus to New Orleans.
“Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded.
“Katerina,” he said. He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, he was gone, leaving her alone and hurt and ultimately abandoned. Without Elijah, she had no one to turn to.
*Present*
Katherine had to stop in her tracks when she was surrounded by a few vampires.
“Who are you? You’re not local here, nor a vampire,” one said.
“Not telling,” she replied.
“Then you’ll have to come with us and Marcel will decide what to do with you.”
“Marcel, huh? Go ahead then. He won’t harm me. We’re old allies. Or were. Besides, he knows not to harm me. Unless he wants a certain Original on his tail,” she replied.
The vampire she spoke to looked quite irritated when she said that. Then she heard the sound of bodies drop and turned around to see a couple of the vampires dead. The remaining vampires sped off in fear, which she understood, because there stood Rebekah whom hated her for being able to escape Klaus for 500 years.
“Now that is no way to treat a lady,” Rebekah said, before dropping the heart and looking at her. “What the bloody hell are you doing here and human? You took the cure, didn’t you? Tell me I saved you for a good reason, because I don’t kill vampires just for anyone.”
“I’m here for Elijah’s protection and maybe to win him back if possible. It’s not like I’d do this to myself on purpose. I didn’t know Elena had the cure in her pocket when I tried to kill her. Elijah’s my only option. Damon tried handing me over to Silas and I’m not putting Nadia, my daughter I had in 1490 that found me just to ask why I abandoned her, in danger by protecting me herself. I kept her a secret along with my villagers. She was illegitimate so I was banished. That’s why I was in England in 1492 in the first place. I went back for her in 1498, but couldn’t find her. I had to tell her what really happened. Apparently, she spent her entire life as a vampire, searching for me. I won’t have her killed trying to protect me. I’m giving her her life back,” she explained to her.
Rebekah was shocked that she had a daughter and, hearing about her human life, actually felt sorry for her.
“So, Elena bested you,” she sated. “Sounds like a pattern. Marcel has bested Klaus. I can take you to the house, but Elijah’s not there. Niklaus daggered him as a peace offering to Marcel. Now we’re trying to find out where Elijah is.”
“I think I can speed things up. If he’s not at the compound, he’ll be with the witch Marcel saved. Her name’s Davina. She’d be a teenager now and she’s got a temper. She’s the only Harvest girl left alive. She lives in the attic of the church.”
“How do you know this?” she asked.
“Because we were allies and he told me about her years ago. I think it will be best if I go alone. Besides, Marcel knows that if he doesn’t do what I want, he won’t like the outcome. We made an agreement back in the 1950’s that he can do whatever he wants as long as he leaves Elijah alone. If he ever crossed the line, he’d answer to me and we’d be enemies,” Katherine answered.
“I’ll go with you until you get to the compound then,” Rebekah said.
An hour later, Marcel found her on a balcony, clearly waiting for him, looking down at the floor below.
She sensed a presence and looked behind her to see him.
Marcel stood beside her.
“It’s been a while, Katherine. How’ve you been? I see you’re human now somehow. What are you doing here?” he greeted her, playing nice.
“You know why I’m here. Where’s Elijah?” she questioned.
“With Davina, but don’t tell no one about her,” he answered.
“Too late. I’ve already told Rebekah. Now give back Elijah or I will be your enemy. I don’t care what you and Klaus are fighting about. Elijah isn’t just some peace offering. He’s the love of my life and you know it. So do whatever the hell you need to to get him back for me. Otherwise, I’ll do it myself and I know you wouldn’t want me going after Davina to do it in the first place,” she replied, that last part being a threat.
“Okay, okay. You don’t need to get testy. I’ll talk to Davina, but I can’t promise anything. She’s working on finding out a way to kill Klaus. Right now, she hates him,” he explained to her.
“Everyone hates him. I’m going to give you until tomorrow evening. Then it’s gonna go my way,” she said, before leaving.
Later that night, she entered the house with Rebekah and picked out a room to sleep in; Elijah’s.
Later the next night, Marcel gave Elijah to Katherine, much to Davina’s displeasure, and Klaus undaggered him.
The next day, she walked in to see Elijah and Klaus each reading a book, before Rebekah walked in.
“Is this what you do the first time we’re back together as a family? Vampire book club?”
“Reading edifies the mind, sister. Isn’t that right, Elijah?”
“Yes. That’s quite right, Niklaus.”
Rebekah got rid of the body and was tending to the rug that had blood on it from the dead girl, while Katherine left the room.
Katherine stood in front of the window of a guest room she’d chosen, looking out of it across the front yard.
A moment later, she felt a presence behind her and then he was next to her.
“I didn’t get around yet to thank you for returning me to my siblings, so thank you, Katerina. What has happened to you, though? You’re human.”
“I tried to kill Elena after you left, because I thought it was partly her fault. I didn’t know that she had the cure and she shoved it down my throat. I came here to ask for your protection and maybe, if I’m lucky, we can fix us,” she replied, looking at him.
“I’ll always protect you, Katerina. I won’t let anything happen to you, but I can’t promise anything. You lied to me.”
“I know and I’m sorry. It felt like something I had to do at the time,” she apologized.
There was nothing else to say so he left the room.
The broken locks were a warning you got inside my head
I tried my best to be guarded
I’m an open book instead
I still see your reflection inside of my eyes
That are looking for a purpose
They’re still looking for life
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain (in the pain)
Is there healing
In your name (in your name) I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’ on)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
I’m hangin’ on another day
Just to see what you throw away
She let him walk away, knowing that it would take time for him to trust her again. In the meantime though, she knew he’d protect her. She was thankful, because without him, she was sure that she’d give up.
That night, while Elijah and Klaus were off doing stuff, Katherine suddenly felt like she was burning up. She put a hand on the railing by the stairs to stay on her feet. She felt like she was burning up and was getting somewhat dizzy.
“Rebekah!” she called.
When Elijah and Klaus had left, Elijah had appointed Rebekah to watch over Katherine.
Rebekah came from the parlor and, upon seeing her, blurred to her side.
She looked at the original.
“I’m burning up. I think it’s a witch,” she informed her.
She put an arm around her and a hand on her arm, and then blurred them both to Elijah’s room.
“I’ll let them know. First though, lay down.”
Katherine layed down with her help and Rebekah put a cool wet washcloth on her forehead, before leaving the room to call Elijah.
Katherine closed her eyes, feeling weak from the high temperature. She wondered if this was what it felt like when a vampire was bitten by a werewolf.
Rebekah came in a few minutes later and sat on her bedside.
“Do me a favor and don’t die. I won’t hear the end of it from Elijah if you die on my watch.”
“Well, I can’t promise anything,” she replied.
And I’m hanging on the words you say
You said that I will be OK
The broken lights on the freeway left me here alone
I may have lost my way now
Haven’t forgotten my way home
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain (in the pain) there is healing
In your name I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
That night, when Elijah came into the room, she was so weak that she couldn’t go anywhere even if she wanted to. She knew it was Elijah though, when he gently picked her up in his arms, even before he spoke.
“We have to get you cooled down,” he told her. Then she felt wind and a few minutes later, felt water, which let her know that he was going to use the pool to cool her down.
He waded into the water, her in his arms, to cool her down while Sophie did a spell to counteract the spell Agnes had cast on her.
After a few minutes, the spell was broken through Sophie’s spell.
Elijah waded towards the end of the pool and got out with her still in his arms. After all, she was still weak from what had and almost had been done to her.
Sophie looked at Elijah.
“Agnes is our last living elder. Promise me that your brother won’t kill Agnes.”
Elijah looked at the witch.
“Normally I would promise you that Klaus nor I won’t kill her, but she tried to kill Katerina. I can’t promise you that. I will not let anyone harm Katerina. This will not go unpunished. I will not let Katerina be put in danger. Those responsible will be punished the way I and Klaus see fit,” he replied, before walking into the house to lay Katerina down in bed. He knew that she needed to rest.
Once he layed her down on her bed, he went to leave, but turned back when he felt her hand on his arm.
He looked at her.
“Thank you,” she said weakly.
“Anything for you, Katerina,” he replied, as he looked back at her.
She let go of him.
“You should go deal with Agnes. Rebekah can watch me,” she encouraged him.
“Rest,” he said, before leaving.
She gave a smile, before closing her eyes to rest.
Later that night, Elijah stood in the church with a hand around Agnes’ throat.
“Let this be a lesson to all of you what happens to those that come after Katerina,” he said to the other witches that were there.
A moment later, he snapped her neck and let her body fall to the floor.
“No one harms Katerina and lives. No one,” he said, before walking out of the church, heading back home.
Rebekah walked into her room.
When Katherine sensed a presence, she opened her eyes to see the blond standing in the threshold, clearly waiting for her to notice her.
“I’m leaving,” Rebekah told her. “I only came here to make sure Elijah’s okay. He’s okay so I’m going.”
“Then good luck,” she replied.
Rebekah left and Katherine went back to sleep.
A few days later, Klaus won back New Orleans and he, Elijah, and Katherine moved into the compound. Soon after, Elijah and Katherine got back together.
The broken clock is a comfort
It helps me sleep tonight
Maybe it can stop tomorrow from stealing all my time
I am here still waiting though I still have my doubts
I am damaged at best
Like you’ve already figured out
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain
There is healing
In your name I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on
I’m holdin’ on
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
It was a nebulous night in New Orleans, as Katherine walked through the French Quarter in search of Elijah. She didn’t like to admit it, but for once in a very long time, she needed him; needed his help; his protection. She was human, which meant that sooner or later, her enemies would find out and she wouldn’t be able to defend herself. Having an Original on her side would be a bonus for her. This wasn’t just survival though. She also wanted to win him back. If she was going to die human, she wanted to at least get her happy ending with him before then. It still hurt that he’d left her for his family, but after being reunited with Nadia, she understood somewhat. She didn’t want Nadia’s protection though. Nadia had spent her entire vampirism life searching for her. It was time for her to live her own life. It was best that she go to Elijah. He and his siblings were almost unkillable. She was doing this to keep Nadia alive and make the better choice. Even if that choice got her killed or once again, hurt. He’d never hurt her before like he had by breaking up with her, but then again, it was partly her fault for lying to him.
*Pennsylvania*
*Day*
Elijah and Katherine were in an alleyway, Katherine standing in front of him.
“I was doing what I had to to survive,” she defended.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused her.
“Don’t. Don’t let sweet little Elena get to you. She hates me. She wants you to turn against me and convince you that I can’t be trusted.”
“I asked you a question,” he said in an irritated and commanding tone.
“No,” she replied. “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.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.” He turned his face away and she dropped her hand. “You don’t believe me,” she realized.
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when at every turn you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
He began to walk away.
She caught up with him, a hand on his arm, stopping him.
He looked at her, then her hand, and then her again.
“Wait,” she said. Seeing him look at her hand, she knew he wanted her to let go. So she did.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
*Night*
Elijah was walking down a sidewalk. When he saw her coming, he tried to pass her, but her words and her in front of him stopped him.
“Wait,” she said.
“What do you want?”
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive that I don’t —I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
She pulled out a black box from her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I could shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She put the cure in his hand, which was a vial of blood. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He silently watched, as she walked off. Then he looked down at the cure.
*Mystic Falls*
It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson mansion. He’d just told her that he was leaving to follow Klaus to New Orleans.
“Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded.
“Katerina,” he said. He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, he was gone, leaving her alone and hurt and ultimately abandoned. Without Elijah, she had no one to turn to.
*Present*
Katherine had to stop in her tracks when she was surrounded by a few vampires.
“Who are you? You’re not local here, nor a vampire,” one said.
“Not telling,” she replied.
“Then you’ll have to come with us and Marcel will decide what to do with you.”
“Marcel, huh? Go ahead then. He won’t harm me. We’re old allies. Or were. Besides, he knows not to harm me. Unless he wants a certain Original on his tail,” she replied.
The vampire she spoke to looked quite irritated when she said that. Then she heard the sound of bodies drop and turned around to see a couple of the vampires dead. The remaining vampires sped off in fear, which she understood, because there stood Rebekah whom hated her for being able to escape Klaus for 500 years.
“Now that is no way to treat a lady,” Rebekah said, before dropping the heart and looking at her. “What the bloody hell are you doing here and human? You took the cure, didn’t you? Tell me I saved you for a good reason, because I don’t kill vampires just for anyone.”
“I’m here for Elijah’s protection and maybe to win him back if possible. It’s not like I’d do this to myself on purpose. I didn’t know Elena had the cure in her pocket when I tried to kill her. Elijah’s my only option. Damon tried handing me over to Silas and I’m not putting Nadia, my daughter I had in 1490 that found me just to ask why I abandoned her, in danger by protecting me herself. I kept her a secret along with my villagers. She was illegitimate so I was banished. That’s why I was in England in 1492 in the first place. I went back for her in 1498, but couldn’t find her. I had to tell her what really happened. Apparently, she spent her entire life as a vampire, searching for me. I won’t have her killed trying to protect me. I’m giving her her life back,” she explained to her.
Rebekah was shocked that she had a daughter and, hearing about her human life, actually felt sorry for her.
“So, Elena bested you,” she sated. “Sounds like a pattern. Marcel has bested Klaus. I can take you to the house, but Elijah’s not there. Niklaus daggered him as a peace offering to Marcel. Now we’re trying to find out where Elijah is.”
“I think I can speed things up. If he’s not at the compound, he’ll be with the witch Marcel saved. Her name’s Davina. She’d be a teenager now and she’s got a temper. She’s the only Harvest girl left alive. She lives in the attic of the church.”
“How do you know this?” she asked.
“Because we were allies and he told me about her years ago. I think it will be best if I go alone. Besides, Marcel knows that if he doesn’t do what I want, he won’t like the outcome. We made an agreement back in the 1950’s that he can do whatever he wants as long as he leaves Elijah alone. If he ever crossed the line, he’d answer to me and we’d be enemies,” Katherine answered.
“I’ll go with you until you get to the compound then,” Rebekah said.
An hour later, Marcel found her on a balcony, clearly waiting for him, looking down at the floor below.
She sensed a presence and looked behind her to see him.
Marcel stood beside her.
“It’s been a while, Katherine. How’ve you been? I see you’re human now somehow. What are you doing here?” he greeted her, playing nice.
“You know why I’m here. Where’s Elijah?” she questioned.
“With Davina, but don’t tell no one about her,” he answered.
“Too late. I’ve already told Rebekah. Now give back Elijah or I will be your enemy. I don’t care what you and Klaus are fighting about. Elijah isn’t just some peace offering. He’s the love of my life and you know it. So do whatever the hell you need to to get him back for me. Otherwise, I’ll do it myself and I know you wouldn’t want me going after Davina to do it in the first place,” she replied, that last part being a threat.
“Okay, okay. You don’t need to get testy. I’ll talk to Davina, but I can’t promise anything. She’s working on finding out a way to kill Klaus. Right now, she hates him,” he explained to her.
“Everyone hates him. I’m going to give you until tomorrow evening. Then it’s gonna go my way,” she said, before leaving.
Later that night, she entered the house with Rebekah and picked out a room to sleep in; Elijah’s.
Later the next night, Marcel gave Elijah to Katherine, much to Davina’s displeasure, and Klaus undaggered him.
The next day, she walked in to see Elijah and Klaus each reading a book, before Rebekah walked in.
“Is this what you do the first time we’re back together as a family? Vampire book club?”
“Reading edifies the mind, sister. Isn’t that right, Elijah?”
“Yes. That’s quite right, Niklaus.”
Rebekah got rid of the body and was tending to the rug that had blood on it from the dead girl, while Katherine left the room.
Katherine stood in front of the window of a guest room she’d chosen, looking out of it across the front yard.
A moment later, she felt a presence behind her and then he was next to her.
“I didn’t get around yet to thank you for returning me to my siblings, so thank you, Katerina. What has happened to you, though? You’re human.”
“I tried to kill Elena after you left, because I thought it was partly her fault. I didn’t know that she had the cure and she shoved it down my throat. I came here to ask for your protection and maybe, if I’m lucky, we can fix us,” she replied, looking at him.
“I’ll always protect you, Katerina. I won’t let anything happen to you, but I can’t promise anything. You lied to me.”
“I know and I’m sorry. It felt like something I had to do at the time,” she apologized.
There was nothing else to say so he left the room.
The broken locks were a warning you got inside my head
I tried my best to be guarded
I’m an open book instead
I still see your reflection inside of my eyes
That are looking for a purpose
They’re still looking for life
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain (in the pain)
Is there healing
In your name (in your name) I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’ on)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
I’m hangin’ on another day
Just to see what you throw away
She let him walk away, knowing that it would take time for him to trust her again. In the meantime though, she knew he’d protect her. She was thankful, because without him, she was sure that she’d give up.
That night, while Elijah and Klaus were off doing stuff, Katherine suddenly felt like she was burning up. She put a hand on the railing by the stairs to stay on her feet. She felt like she was burning up and was getting somewhat dizzy.
“Rebekah!” she called.
When Elijah and Klaus had left, Elijah had appointed Rebekah to watch over Katherine.
Rebekah came from the parlor and, upon seeing her, blurred to her side.
She looked at the original.
“I’m burning up. I think it’s a witch,” she informed her.
She put an arm around her and a hand on her arm, and then blurred them both to Elijah’s room.
“I’ll let them know. First though, lay down.”
Katherine layed down with her help and Rebekah put a cool wet washcloth on her forehead, before leaving the room to call Elijah.
Katherine closed her eyes, feeling weak from the high temperature. She wondered if this was what it felt like when a vampire was bitten by a werewolf.
Rebekah came in a few minutes later and sat on her bedside.
“Do me a favor and don’t die. I won’t hear the end of it from Elijah if you die on my watch.”
“Well, I can’t promise anything,” she replied.
And I’m hanging on the words you say
You said that I will be OK
The broken lights on the freeway left me here alone
I may have lost my way now
Haven’t forgotten my way home
I’m falling apart
I’m barely breathing
With a broken heart that’s still beating
In the pain (in the pain) there is healing
In your name I find meaning
So I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m holdin’ on (I’m still holdin’)
I’m barely holdin’ on to you
That night, when Elijah came into the room, she was so weak that she couldn’t go anywhere even if she wanted to. She knew it was Elijah though, when he gently picked her up in his arms, even before he spoke.
“We have to get you cooled down,” he told her. Then she felt wind and a few minutes later, felt water, which let her know that he was going to use the pool to cool her down.
He waded into the water, her in his arms, to cool her down while Sophie did a spell to counteract the spell Agnes had cast on her.
After a few minutes, the spell was broken through Sophie’s spell.
Elijah waded towards the end of the pool and got out with her still in his arms. After all, she was still weak from what had and almost had been done to her.
Sophie looked at Elijah.
“Agnes is our last living elder. Promise me that your brother won’t kill Agnes.”
Elijah looked at the witch.
“Normally I would promise you that Klaus nor I won’t kill her, but she tried to kill Katerina. I can’t promise you that. I will not let anyone harm Katerina. This will not go unpunished. I will not let Katerina be put in danger. Those responsible will be punished the way I and Klaus see fit,” he replied, before walking into the house to lay Katerina down in bed. He knew that she needed to rest.
Once he layed her down on her bed, he went to leave, but turned back when he felt her hand on his arm.
He looked at her.
“Thank you,” she said weakly.
“Anything for you, Katerina,” he replied, as he looked back at her.
She let go of him.
“You should go deal with Agnes. Rebekah can watch me,” she encouraged him.
“Rest,” he said, before leaving.
She gave a smile, before closing her eyes to rest.
Later that night, Elijah stood in the church with a hand around Agnes’ throat.
“Let this be a lesson to all of you what happens to those that come after Katerina,” he said to the other witches that were there.
A moment later, he snapped her neck and let her body fall to the floor.
“No one harms Katerina and lives. No one,” he said, before walking out of the church, heading back home.
Rebekah walked into her room.
When Katherine sensed a presence, she opened her eyes to see the blond standing in the threshold, clearly waiting for her to notice her.
“I’m leaving,” Rebekah told her. “I only came here to make sure Elijah’s okay. He’s okay so I’m going.”
“Then good luck,” she replied.
Rebekah left and Katherine went back to sleep.
A few days later, Klaus won back New Orleans and he, Elijah, and Katherine moved into the compound. Soon after, Elijah and Katherine got back together.
Don't Let Me Go (Kalijah)
*American Gothic*
I’m watching myself
Drifting away
A vision so darkened
I cannot stay
I’m reaching out wide
Trying to catch myself before I fall
Too little too late
Can you save me?
Where do we go when we walk on light?
Who do we call at the edge of night?
Carry me close like the teardrops in your eyes
All I can give you is memories
Carry them with you and I’ll never leave
It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other.
“What do you want?” he questioned her.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?” he replied.
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me too.” She took out the cure.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She put the cure in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away.
I’ll lay my head down
But when I lay my head down
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
So let me freeze time
Before it turns cold
Later that night, he stood in front of her at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls.
He rested a hand on the side of her face after having told her that he was leaving town.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded with him.
“Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment, before kissing her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, she stood alone after he’d vanished.
*I Know What You Did Last Summer/House of the Rising Son*
The moments go by
And life goes on
The torturous stars
Are taking every breath I wish I held
The love in my heart
Is never ending
Where do we go when we walk on light?
Who do we call at the edge of night?
Carry me close like the teardrops in your eyes
All I can give you is memories
Carry them with you and I’ll never leave
Elijah was heading home, when he smelled the mixed scents of Katerina, human, and blood. He was curious, so he followed the scents, which soon led him to a car that had crashed into a streetlight pole and was nearly totaled. He could see that Katerina was still inside. Knowing she was injured, he realized that she was human. With that conclusion, he realized that between the time he’d left her and now, someone had gotten an idea to shove the cure down her throat. He knew how much she loved being a vampire. He knew that to her, being human was far from being a gift.
He blurred to her side of the car and forced the jammed door open.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Katerina,” he called. “Can you hear me, Katerina?”
When he didn’t get anything, he gently pulled her into his arms and out of the wreckage. He then blurred her home, since there weren’t any working hospitals. He didn’t know if she could digest vampire blood, so he wasn’t going to take the chance. His only chance in saving her life was Rebekah. He didn’t have any other choice. He figured that she wouldn’t kill her though, since she was human and he still loved her. Just because he’d left, didn’t mean he didn’t still love her. He would always love her.
I’ll lay my head down
But when I lay my head down
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
Once home, he gently layed her down in his bed and called for Rebekah. As he layed her down, though he didn’t know if she could hear him or not, he told her, “Stay with me, Katerina.”
You can’t see me
But you still feel me
I only live in your memories
I mean something
Your everything
You lay me down
Take me there
Don’t let me go
Half an hour later, she was tended to by Rebekah, so Katherine would be okay now.
He sat on Katerina’s bedside and rested a hand on the side of her face, and his other on top of her hand.
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I should’ve made sure you were okay.” If anything had happened to her while he’d been away, he’d never forgive himself. He knew now that he never should have abandoned her. She couldn’t survive without him. Especially, as a human. She needed him now more than ever.
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
After she recovered and they sorted things out between one another, they got back together, so all was well between them.
I’m watching myself
Drifting away
A vision so darkened
I cannot stay
I’m reaching out wide
Trying to catch myself before I fall
Too little too late
Can you save me?
Where do we go when we walk on light?
Who do we call at the edge of night?
Carry me close like the teardrops in your eyes
All I can give you is memories
Carry them with you and I’ll never leave
It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other.
“What do you want?” he questioned her.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?” he replied.
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me too.” She took out the cure.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She put the cure in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away.
I’ll lay my head down
But when I lay my head down
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
So let me freeze time
Before it turns cold
Later that night, he stood in front of her at the Mikaelson place in Mystic Falls.
He rested a hand on the side of her face after having told her that he was leaving town.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded with him.
“Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment, before kissing her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, she stood alone after he’d vanished.
*I Know What You Did Last Summer/House of the Rising Son*
The moments go by
And life goes on
The torturous stars
Are taking every breath I wish I held
The love in my heart
Is never ending
Where do we go when we walk on light?
Who do we call at the edge of night?
Carry me close like the teardrops in your eyes
All I can give you is memories
Carry them with you and I’ll never leave
Elijah was heading home, when he smelled the mixed scents of Katerina, human, and blood. He was curious, so he followed the scents, which soon led him to a car that had crashed into a streetlight pole and was nearly totaled. He could see that Katerina was still inside. Knowing she was injured, he realized that she was human. With that conclusion, he realized that between the time he’d left her and now, someone had gotten an idea to shove the cure down her throat. He knew how much she loved being a vampire. He knew that to her, being human was far from being a gift.
He blurred to her side of the car and forced the jammed door open.
He rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Katerina,” he called. “Can you hear me, Katerina?”
When he didn’t get anything, he gently pulled her into his arms and out of the wreckage. He then blurred her home, since there weren’t any working hospitals. He didn’t know if she could digest vampire blood, so he wasn’t going to take the chance. His only chance in saving her life was Rebekah. He didn’t have any other choice. He figured that she wouldn’t kill her though, since she was human and he still loved her. Just because he’d left, didn’t mean he didn’t still love her. He would always love her.
I’ll lay my head down
But when I lay my head down
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
Once home, he gently layed her down in his bed and called for Rebekah. As he layed her down, though he didn’t know if she could hear him or not, he told her, “Stay with me, Katerina.”
You can’t see me
But you still feel me
I only live in your memories
I mean something
Your everything
You lay me down
Take me there
Don’t let me go
Half an hour later, she was tended to by Rebekah, so Katherine would be okay now.
He sat on Katerina’s bedside and rested a hand on the side of her face, and his other on top of her hand.
“I’m so sorry, Katerina. I should’ve made sure you were okay.” If anything had happened to her while he’d been away, he’d never forgive himself. He knew now that he never should have abandoned her. She couldn’t survive without him. Especially, as a human. She needed him now more than ever.
Hold me in your beating heart
I won’t let go
Forever is not enough
Let me lay my head down on the shadow by your side
Don’t let me go
Hold me in your beating heart
After she recovered and they sorted things out between one another, they got back together, so all was well between them.
Understanding (Kalijah)
It was a dismal night in New Orleans in the woods, as Rebekah walked, in search of Hayley, while talking to Elijah to let him know what happened.
Suddenly, smelling human blood and Katherine, she was directed to where an injured and human Katherine lay on her back, out cold, an ascendant in hand.
“You better hurry up and get over here. Now,” she said, before hanging up.
As she looked at her, she wondered what the hell had happened to her. Last she had seen her, she had been alive and a vampire. Now she was human and, seeing the ascendant, had come from somewhere that had put her in this condition. Despite the fact that she despised her, Katherine didn’t deserve what had happened to her. Despite everything, she didn’t want her to die, but if she didn’t help her, that’s what would happen. She didn’t have to see her injuries to know that.
She approached and then knelt beside her and took the ascendant, before putting it in her jacket. She then looked down at her.
“Katherine?” she called. “Can you hear me?”
After a moment of nothing, she sighed.
A moment later, Elijah appeared.
“Katerina?” he said, seeing her.
“I found her like this. I don’t know what happened, but I can take care of her. We just need to get her home,” she explained to her elder brother.
Half an hour later, Elijah had layed her down on his bed and now watched, as Rebekah took care of her.
After Rebekah had taken care of her, she put gentle hands on either side of her head to take a look.
When she found her, she silently watched and began to understand her and know what had happened. It made her feel bad for her. She had had her daughter too young and couldn’t fight to keep her. Then they had been reunited, only for her to have to watch her die of a werewolf bite. Seeing her past made her understand why and how she had become who she was these days.
After a chat with her, she knew why she wasn’t waking up. She had lost her only child and felt that Elijah didn’t care anymore. She felt that she had no reason to fight and just wanted to give up.
She left her head and then stood and looked at him, before informing him of what she’d seen. She then said, “She feels that she lost everything. She doesn’t want to wake up. You need to talk to her. I’ll leave you two alone.”
Elijah went to sit on her bedside and rested a gentle hand on her forehead, before going into her head. He saw everything his only sister had, but some of her past he knew. He hadn’t known about her daughter, though.
“Katerina,” he said, once he found her.
“Elijah?”
“It’s me. Rebekah told me everything. I need you to wake up.”
“And why would I do that? I’ve lost everything. You don’t even care anymore. You left.”
“You haven’t lost everything. You still have me. Just because I left, doesn’t mean I stopped caring,” he assured her. “I still love you.”
That gave her a smile.
“I love you, too.”
In the end, she woke up and they got back together again.
Suddenly, smelling human blood and Katherine, she was directed to where an injured and human Katherine lay on her back, out cold, an ascendant in hand.
“You better hurry up and get over here. Now,” she said, before hanging up.
As she looked at her, she wondered what the hell had happened to her. Last she had seen her, she had been alive and a vampire. Now she was human and, seeing the ascendant, had come from somewhere that had put her in this condition. Despite the fact that she despised her, Katherine didn’t deserve what had happened to her. Despite everything, she didn’t want her to die, but if she didn’t help her, that’s what would happen. She didn’t have to see her injuries to know that.
She approached and then knelt beside her and took the ascendant, before putting it in her jacket. She then looked down at her.
“Katherine?” she called. “Can you hear me?”
After a moment of nothing, she sighed.
A moment later, Elijah appeared.
“Katerina?” he said, seeing her.
“I found her like this. I don’t know what happened, but I can take care of her. We just need to get her home,” she explained to her elder brother.
Half an hour later, Elijah had layed her down on his bed and now watched, as Rebekah took care of her.
After Rebekah had taken care of her, she put gentle hands on either side of her head to take a look.
When she found her, she silently watched and began to understand her and know what had happened. It made her feel bad for her. She had had her daughter too young and couldn’t fight to keep her. Then they had been reunited, only for her to have to watch her die of a werewolf bite. Seeing her past made her understand why and how she had become who she was these days.
After a chat with her, she knew why she wasn’t waking up. She had lost her only child and felt that Elijah didn’t care anymore. She felt that she had no reason to fight and just wanted to give up.
She left her head and then stood and looked at him, before informing him of what she’d seen. She then said, “She feels that she lost everything. She doesn’t want to wake up. You need to talk to her. I’ll leave you two alone.”
Elijah went to sit on her bedside and rested a gentle hand on her forehead, before going into her head. He saw everything his only sister had, but some of her past he knew. He hadn’t known about her daughter, though.
“Katerina,” he said, once he found her.
“Elijah?”
“It’s me. Rebekah told me everything. I need you to wake up.”
“And why would I do that? I’ve lost everything. You don’t even care anymore. You left.”
“You haven’t lost everything. You still have me. Just because I left, doesn’t mean I stopped caring,” he assured her. “I still love you.”
That gave her a smile.
“I love you, too.”
In the end, she woke up and they got back together again.
Second Chance
It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Katherine Pierce, a former 500 year old vampiress, walked the route to the Mikaelson place. It had been 400 years ago since she had been here, yet nothing had changed as far as she knew. She was back here to get Elijah’s protection. She was human now and she knew everyone hated her in Mystic Falls. She was wary though, because she knew it could be worse here, considering Klaus was here. Hopefully, he was too busy to deal with her. She could only hope.
Suddenly, she saw someone approaching her.
She stopped on the desolate sidewalk.
“You really don’t want to mess with me. You don’t know who you’re dealing with,” she threatened, assuming he was a vampire that wanted to drink from her. She wasn’t stupid.
“I’m not going to hurt you. Relax,” he replied, once he stood in front of her.
A moment later, before she could stop him, he was vamped out and had sank his teeth into the side of her neck.
She took a small bottle of vervain out, as she kicked him off. And as he staggered back, she through vervain on his face, which burned his skin and made him scream in agony. She then grabbed a stake she had and grazed his heart with it, before running the rest of the way to the Mikaelson family home.
As she headed up the walkway towards the door, she felt a little weak from blood loss, but kept up the appearance that they had grown accustomed to. The only one she would show weakness from in this family would be Elijah. The other two hated her. Then, once on the porch, she rang the doorbell and leaned heavily on the closest pillar.
“Who the bloody hell is that at this time of night?” she heard Rebekah say from just beyond the front door. Then she heard high heels and saw the Original sister, once she opened the door. “What the bloody hell happened to you?” she questioned, recognizing her, but not caring. She never liked Katherine. She despised her.
“Elena shoved the cure down my throat. Now I’m human. I came to speak to Elijah. Where is he?”
“He’s in the Wolf Girl’s room talking to her. It’s the second room upstairs.”
“Thanks.”
Rebekah stepped aside to let her in and then closed the door, before she watched her head upstairs, not caring about her. She never had cared about her elder brother’s girl. She did find it interesting though, that the girl had been able to get past her backstabbing brother for 500 years. She thought it was amazing how she had escaped without being detected for 500 years, considering others he had tried to use to break his curse upon him had failed to do what Katherine had done the first time she was human.
Kat stopped at Hayley’s room just in time to see Hayley give him a slap across the face.
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”
Before Hayley even started to turn around and walk away, they heard a very familiar voice.
“Elijah,” Katherine said, getting their attention.
They both looked at her.
“What are you doing here?” Hayley asked in a not so friendly tone.
“Rebekah said that Elijah was in here talking to you. I need to speak to him,” she answered the werewolf.
“Wait for me in my room. I’ll be in shortly, Katerina,” he said, realizing that something was wrong. She smelled human and she was hurt. She wasn’t even acting like the Katerina she had turned into over the centuries. She was almost like the old Katerina; the girl he fell in love with 500 years ago.
The human left the room to go to Elijah’s, knowing where it was without directions; she had been here 400 years ago, after all.
Hayley watched him walk out of her room to go talk to Katherine, which Hayley most certainly hated. Sure, Katherine had directed her to New Orleans to find information about where she came from, but she still hated her.
As he walked into his room, she walked towards him and he closed the door for privacy. Every ear in the house didn’t need to hear their conversation or what was happening between them.
He looked at her.
“What happened to you, Katerina? You’re not who you were when I left town.”
“You mean when you broke up with me. Something happened shortly after you left and after everyone graduated. Elena thought it would be grand to shove the cure down my throat. I came to ask for your protection, since I’m human and I have so many enemies. If word gets out that I’m human, my enemies will come for me. I’m asking you to do this out of kindness and to give us another chance.”
“You have my word that no harm will come to you as long as I am here. Is there anything else you would like to share?"
“Let’s just say that New Orleans isn’t the most welcoming when you’re human on the way to your ex and his family’s home.”
“You’ve been bitten.”
“Yeah. Some vampire thought I was an easy snack. I grazed his heart and through vervain in his face.”
He was amazed that even human, she was able to fend off a vampire.
“Did you get his name?” he questioned, loving no more than to punish him for hurting his Katerina.
“No. I didn’t stop to ask. I can only guess that he’s a nightwalker and probably young.”
He bit his wrist and held it out to her.
“You need to heal.”
Without question, she drank from him until she figured that she had had enough. She then pulled away and his wrist and her bite wound instantly healed.
She looked up at him and wrapped her arms lightly around his neck.
“I don’t have a place to go. Would you like me to stay here?"
“I would be more than happy.”
“Thank you,” she said, before kissing him.
A moment later, they were kissing and they ended up on his bed, going to third base.
The next day, she was still asleep when he woke up, so he gently parted himself from her embrace and silently picked his clothes up and headed to his bathroom to get ready for the day.
When he was ready and had left his bathroom, he lightly kissed her on the forehead, before leaving his room to join his family downstairs. It would be best if his brother heard from him what was going on, instead of her being seen first. That is, if his sister or Hayley hadn’t already told him.
He entered the parlor where Niklaus was seated in a chair with a shot glass of Bourbon, which was almost finished. And as soon as he spoke, he knew either Rebekah or Hayley had told Klaus about Katerina.
“Would you like to explain to me what Katerina’s doing in our town and home, brother?”
He could tell that Klaus was upset and fighting against exploding in rage.
“It seems that she’s in need of protection, which I’ve granted her. I didn’t ask her as to why but Elena shoved the cure down her throat. She’s human now. Promise me that you will not harm her. She’s under my protection,” Elijah replied.
“As you wish, brother. I promise that no harm will come to her.”
“Thank you,” he replied to his younger brother.
Elijah left the house to continue helping his brother get back their city. New Orleans was originally their city. They helped build it, after all.
“Is she coming down today? She’s been up there all morning,” Hayley commented to Rebekah who was seated at the bar reading a girlie magazine, as Hayley ate lunch at the bar in the kitchen. She hated her, but she also was starting to worry that something might be wrong with the newly turned human.
“Stop worrying, Wolf Girl. It’s bad for my niece.”
“Could you at least make sure she’s okay?”
“If it’ll stop you worrying about her well-being, yes.”
Hayley watched her leave the kitchen to check on Katherine.
Once outside her elder brother’s room, she opened the door and walked in, heading for the window where the curtains were closed. She then opened them to wake the human up. She didn’t feel like yelling at her to get up.
Katherine rolled over, back to the window.
“Leave me alone,” she complained.
“Believe me, you’ll be happy with me when you get up. So will the Wolf Girl. Do you know how long you’ve been in that bed?”
She rolled over onto her back and looked at the Original sister.
“How long?”
“It’s noon, Katherine. Are you feeling alright?”
“I’m fine. I just haven’t had the greatest sleep for the past week.”
She got up and headed into the bathroom.
Knowing she had done what the Wolf Girl had wanted, she went back downstairs.
When Katherine finally came downstairs, Rebekah had gone and Hayley was putting her dishes in the sink.
“We didn’t get a chance to speak much last night. Why are you living here, instead of with your pack in the Bayou?” the former vampiress questioned, as she opened the fridge to see what there was for human food.
“Because I’m going to have Klaus’ child. Elijah made arrangements with the witches for me to stay here, instead of at the cemetery with them. If Elijah hadn’t interfered, I don’t even want to think of what could have happened. Sophie sensed somehow that I’m pregnant,” Hayley answered, knowing how determined Katherine could be when she wanted to know something.
“Yeah. Sophie has a gift of sensing when young girls are pregnant. I was here 400 years ago. I know New Orleans pretty well and I knew Sophie when she was younger. Do they do this often? Leave you alone in the house?”
“They don’t have a choice and I like it. It’s the only time I have peace and quiet.”
“I apologize if I’m asking you too many questions. I just didn’t expect to see you under the same roof as Klaus.”
“It’s okay. I have an appointment today that Agnes, the last of the elders, set up for me.”
“Be careful, Hayley. Not all witch elders are trustworthy and honest. I’ve dealt with a few of them in the past.”
“Don’t worry. I can take care of myself. If anything happens, I’ll call Rebekah or Klaus.”
She watched, as Hayley left the kitchen and heard the door, as she left the house.
Later that afternoon, she was seated in a chair in the parlor with a shot glass of Bourbon the Originals always left on the parlor table. She was enjoying being alone in the house. It meant she didn’t get annoyed or bothered by Original siblings. She just hoped that the werewolf was out of danger.
At that moment, Klaus walked into the parlor and poured himself a shot glass of Bourbon. He then took a sip of it, before leaning against the wall and looking at her.
“I see you’ve made yourself at home, Katerina.”
She looked at him.
“Well, what else am I supposed to do? Hayley’s in the Bayou at an appointment with Agnes, Rebekah is I don’t know where, you’re plotting something, and Elijah’s out doing I don’t know what,” she replied, being neutral.
“Well, if you must know, I’m trying to get my city back and my siblings have volunteered to help in a way.”
“And while I wait for your unborn child’s mother to return, I have to stay here and entertain myself and worry.”
“And what has you worried, luv?”
“A pregnant wolf carrying your child is in the Bayou with an elder. That’s what. I don’t trust her,” she informed the hybrid.
“And you think we should all be worried,” he stated.
“Yes. Especially, you,” she replied.
“I didn’t know you cared so much.”
“It’s impossible not to when I’ve been a mother before. She was taken away from me. I don’t want that to happen to anyone else. Especially, Hayley. She’s been through hell almost as bad as I have. Besides, if Elijah’s right, which he usually is, this child will change you. I think it already has.”
His phone went off and he answered it.
“Little Sister,” he greeted.
“I lost the Wolf Girl. That witch has flown the coop and vampires went after the Wolf Girl. I stayed behind and got an arrow in my back. When I woke up, she was gone. Now I can’t find her anywhere.”
“Where are you?” he asked with an angry face.
“In the Bayou by the woods.”
“Stay there. I’m coming.”
He hung up and she got to her feet, empty shot glass on the table.
“What happened?” she asked.
She knew the face he had. It meant that something had happened and others would die because of it.
He grabbed her upper arm.
“You’re going to the Bayou with me to find the Little Wolf. Your suspicions were right. That witch isn’t around, and vampires went after the Little Wolf. My dear sister lost her, and can’t seem to find her. You’re going to help,” he said with a growl.
That night, they all stood by an old house by the Bayou woods, talking.
“Tell me sister. How did you manage to lose the mother of my child?”
“I had an arrow in my back. She was gone when I woke up. What do you think, Nik?”
“If you would’ve been with her earlier, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Have you ever thought that I’m getting tired of being the babysitter all the time?”
The human put herself between them and looked at them.
“Can you two stop bickering already? You’re adding tension and stress to the situation that I don’t want right now. I’m going to see if I can find her. Try not to kill each other.”
With that, she headed into the woods in search of the wolf and checked everywhere, including areas that could be used as somewhere to hide.
An hour later, she found her out cold on her back on the ground.
As soon as she saw her, she ran to and knelt by the werewolf. And as soon as she knelt by her, someone came out from the darkness.
Feeling that someone was there, she looked up to see him.
“Not who I was expecting, but you’ll do.”
At vamp speed, he had her pinned, back against a tree, arm against her throat.
“Nothing will delight me more than to see the Originals suffer. I hear one has a thing for you. After this, Agnes gets to deal with the werewolf and the spawn.”
“Go to hell,” she said.
A moment later, he vamped out and sunk his teeth into the side of her neck. She knew she wouldn’t be able to fight against this one, so she only hoped that Klaus and Rebekah would get there in time.
When they smelled the flow of blood, they stopped bickering and used super speed, following the scent. For Rebekah, it was vamp speed and for Klaus, it was hybrid speed. Then, once they arrived, Rebekah went to make sure Hayley was okay, while Klaus took care of the vampire who didn’t last long against him. He soon ripped out the vamp's heart and dropped it, before looking at his sister.
“Get the Little Wolf out of here, sister. I’ll deal with the body and take care of Katerina,” Klaus said.
As soon as Rebekah and Hayley were out of sight, he went over and knelt by an out cold and bitten Katerina. He’d be happy to just let her die, but knew it would shatter Elijah. What he saw in her, Niklaus would probably never know. So, knowing that for Elijah he couldn’t let her die, he gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist. He then put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her.
The next day, when she woke up, she was in her and Elijah’s room in bed. She then saw that she was alone, so she figured that everyone had gone to take down the King of New Orleans. So, after getting to her feet, she went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
Once downstairs and fed, she walked into the parlor where Hayley was sitting in a chair with a book in hand, reading.
“I see you’re feeling better,” the wolf commented.
Kat sat on the couch and looked at her.
“I am. I assume it was Rebekah?”
“Actually, it was Klaus.”
“He probably felt guilty for putting me in that mess then. Serves him right. He shouldn’t have drug me out to the Bayou with him. I would’ve been safe if he had just left me here.”
She saw Hayley set the book down and look a bit on the pale side. So, not wanting anything to happen to her or that child, she approached the wolf.
“Are you okay?”
“I don’t know. It’s probably nothing, but I’m not feeling well all of a sudden. It’s probably just morning sickness.”
She felt the wolf’s forehead with a hand.
“You’re burning up. You need to lie down while I let them know.”
Hayley got to her feet, not knowing why Katherine had to call them.
Katherine helped her upstairs with an arm on her upper one and to her bed, before taking out her phone and calling Klaus.
“This isn’t the time, luv.”
“Well, you better make time, or you’re not going to be a dad. A witch did something. Now she’s burning up. You better speak to Sophie.”
She heard him growl, before hanging up.
That night, Elijah and Kat saved the child by getting her in the pool, while Klaus dealt with Agnes. Then, afterward, Elijah found Klaus and Agnes at the church and killed her for messing with his family.
The next day, when she woke up, Kat had an urge, so she rushed to the bathroom and closed the door, before kneeling in front of the toilet where she threw up.
A few minutes later, she heard a voice from the other side of the door.
“Are you okay? Talk to me, Katerina.”
She figured he must’ve heard her.
“I’m fine, Elijah,” she said, knowing why she was feeling this way.
She flushed the toilet and got to her feet, before cleaning up and getting ready for the day. She then opened the door to reveal her now boyfriend.
“I have to tell you something, though I don’t know how this is possible. I haven’t felt like this since I had Nadia 500 years ago in Bulgaria. I know vampires can’t procreate, but I’m pregnant.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes,” she replied, before wrapping her arms around his neck and looking up at him. They then kissed.
They smiled, knowing that this was their second chance at a semi-happy life. Now to break the news to the family.
“Welcome to the family,” was all Hayley said, after Elijah and the human told the family in the parlor.
“What is this? An orphanage?” was all Rebekah said, before leaving the room.
Kat figured that she was feeling left out, since she wasn’t human and couldn’t have kids like Hayley and Katherine were going to be doing. She kind of felt sorry for her, since she had barely had any happiness since becoming an Original vampire.
“Well, as exciting as this has been, I have places to be,” Klaus said, before leaving the house.
“That went well,” Kat commented.
“It could’ve been worse. Call me if you need me,” he said.
They kissed, before he left.
Several months later, Klaus and Hayley’s child, Hope, was saved from the witches trying to sacrifice her and Hayley was a new hybrid. Hope was with Rebekah and it was coming close to Katerina having the child, which they decided on naming Khadija Petrova Mikaelson.
When it was time, she decided to give birth in the Mikaelson family home. And after a few hours, she was born.
Kat sat up in bed with her in her arms, and looked down at her.
“Welcome to New Orleans, Khadija Petrova Mikaelson.”
Suddenly, she saw someone approaching her.
She stopped on the desolate sidewalk.
“You really don’t want to mess with me. You don’t know who you’re dealing with,” she threatened, assuming he was a vampire that wanted to drink from her. She wasn’t stupid.
“I’m not going to hurt you. Relax,” he replied, once he stood in front of her.
A moment later, before she could stop him, he was vamped out and had sank his teeth into the side of her neck.
She took a small bottle of vervain out, as she kicked him off. And as he staggered back, she through vervain on his face, which burned his skin and made him scream in agony. She then grabbed a stake she had and grazed his heart with it, before running the rest of the way to the Mikaelson family home.
As she headed up the walkway towards the door, she felt a little weak from blood loss, but kept up the appearance that they had grown accustomed to. The only one she would show weakness from in this family would be Elijah. The other two hated her. Then, once on the porch, she rang the doorbell and leaned heavily on the closest pillar.
“Who the bloody hell is that at this time of night?” she heard Rebekah say from just beyond the front door. Then she heard high heels and saw the Original sister, once she opened the door. “What the bloody hell happened to you?” she questioned, recognizing her, but not caring. She never liked Katherine. She despised her.
“Elena shoved the cure down my throat. Now I’m human. I came to speak to Elijah. Where is he?”
“He’s in the Wolf Girl’s room talking to her. It’s the second room upstairs.”
“Thanks.”
Rebekah stepped aside to let her in and then closed the door, before she watched her head upstairs, not caring about her. She never had cared about her elder brother’s girl. She did find it interesting though, that the girl had been able to get past her backstabbing brother for 500 years. She thought it was amazing how she had escaped without being detected for 500 years, considering others he had tried to use to break his curse upon him had failed to do what Katherine had done the first time she was human.
Kat stopped at Hayley’s room just in time to see Hayley give him a slap across the face.
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”
Before Hayley even started to turn around and walk away, they heard a very familiar voice.
“Elijah,” Katherine said, getting their attention.
They both looked at her.
“What are you doing here?” Hayley asked in a not so friendly tone.
“Rebekah said that Elijah was in here talking to you. I need to speak to him,” she answered the werewolf.
“Wait for me in my room. I’ll be in shortly, Katerina,” he said, realizing that something was wrong. She smelled human and she was hurt. She wasn’t even acting like the Katerina she had turned into over the centuries. She was almost like the old Katerina; the girl he fell in love with 500 years ago.
The human left the room to go to Elijah’s, knowing where it was without directions; she had been here 400 years ago, after all.
Hayley watched him walk out of her room to go talk to Katherine, which Hayley most certainly hated. Sure, Katherine had directed her to New Orleans to find information about where she came from, but she still hated her.
As he walked into his room, she walked towards him and he closed the door for privacy. Every ear in the house didn’t need to hear their conversation or what was happening between them.
He looked at her.
“What happened to you, Katerina? You’re not who you were when I left town.”
“You mean when you broke up with me. Something happened shortly after you left and after everyone graduated. Elena thought it would be grand to shove the cure down my throat. I came to ask for your protection, since I’m human and I have so many enemies. If word gets out that I’m human, my enemies will come for me. I’m asking you to do this out of kindness and to give us another chance.”
“You have my word that no harm will come to you as long as I am here. Is there anything else you would like to share?"
“Let’s just say that New Orleans isn’t the most welcoming when you’re human on the way to your ex and his family’s home.”
“You’ve been bitten.”
“Yeah. Some vampire thought I was an easy snack. I grazed his heart and through vervain in his face.”
He was amazed that even human, she was able to fend off a vampire.
“Did you get his name?” he questioned, loving no more than to punish him for hurting his Katerina.
“No. I didn’t stop to ask. I can only guess that he’s a nightwalker and probably young.”
He bit his wrist and held it out to her.
“You need to heal.”
Without question, she drank from him until she figured that she had had enough. She then pulled away and his wrist and her bite wound instantly healed.
She looked up at him and wrapped her arms lightly around his neck.
“I don’t have a place to go. Would you like me to stay here?"
“I would be more than happy.”
“Thank you,” she said, before kissing him.
A moment later, they were kissing and they ended up on his bed, going to third base.
The next day, she was still asleep when he woke up, so he gently parted himself from her embrace and silently picked his clothes up and headed to his bathroom to get ready for the day.
When he was ready and had left his bathroom, he lightly kissed her on the forehead, before leaving his room to join his family downstairs. It would be best if his brother heard from him what was going on, instead of her being seen first. That is, if his sister or Hayley hadn’t already told him.
He entered the parlor where Niklaus was seated in a chair with a shot glass of Bourbon, which was almost finished. And as soon as he spoke, he knew either Rebekah or Hayley had told Klaus about Katerina.
“Would you like to explain to me what Katerina’s doing in our town and home, brother?”
He could tell that Klaus was upset and fighting against exploding in rage.
“It seems that she’s in need of protection, which I’ve granted her. I didn’t ask her as to why but Elena shoved the cure down her throat. She’s human now. Promise me that you will not harm her. She’s under my protection,” Elijah replied.
“As you wish, brother. I promise that no harm will come to her.”
“Thank you,” he replied to his younger brother.
Elijah left the house to continue helping his brother get back their city. New Orleans was originally their city. They helped build it, after all.
“Is she coming down today? She’s been up there all morning,” Hayley commented to Rebekah who was seated at the bar reading a girlie magazine, as Hayley ate lunch at the bar in the kitchen. She hated her, but she also was starting to worry that something might be wrong with the newly turned human.
“Stop worrying, Wolf Girl. It’s bad for my niece.”
“Could you at least make sure she’s okay?”
“If it’ll stop you worrying about her well-being, yes.”
Hayley watched her leave the kitchen to check on Katherine.
Once outside her elder brother’s room, she opened the door and walked in, heading for the window where the curtains were closed. She then opened them to wake the human up. She didn’t feel like yelling at her to get up.
Katherine rolled over, back to the window.
“Leave me alone,” she complained.
“Believe me, you’ll be happy with me when you get up. So will the Wolf Girl. Do you know how long you’ve been in that bed?”
She rolled over onto her back and looked at the Original sister.
“How long?”
“It’s noon, Katherine. Are you feeling alright?”
“I’m fine. I just haven’t had the greatest sleep for the past week.”
She got up and headed into the bathroom.
Knowing she had done what the Wolf Girl had wanted, she went back downstairs.
When Katherine finally came downstairs, Rebekah had gone and Hayley was putting her dishes in the sink.
“We didn’t get a chance to speak much last night. Why are you living here, instead of with your pack in the Bayou?” the former vampiress questioned, as she opened the fridge to see what there was for human food.
“Because I’m going to have Klaus’ child. Elijah made arrangements with the witches for me to stay here, instead of at the cemetery with them. If Elijah hadn’t interfered, I don’t even want to think of what could have happened. Sophie sensed somehow that I’m pregnant,” Hayley answered, knowing how determined Katherine could be when she wanted to know something.
“Yeah. Sophie has a gift of sensing when young girls are pregnant. I was here 400 years ago. I know New Orleans pretty well and I knew Sophie when she was younger. Do they do this often? Leave you alone in the house?”
“They don’t have a choice and I like it. It’s the only time I have peace and quiet.”
“I apologize if I’m asking you too many questions. I just didn’t expect to see you under the same roof as Klaus.”
“It’s okay. I have an appointment today that Agnes, the last of the elders, set up for me.”
“Be careful, Hayley. Not all witch elders are trustworthy and honest. I’ve dealt with a few of them in the past.”
“Don’t worry. I can take care of myself. If anything happens, I’ll call Rebekah or Klaus.”
She watched, as Hayley left the kitchen and heard the door, as she left the house.
Later that afternoon, she was seated in a chair in the parlor with a shot glass of Bourbon the Originals always left on the parlor table. She was enjoying being alone in the house. It meant she didn’t get annoyed or bothered by Original siblings. She just hoped that the werewolf was out of danger.
At that moment, Klaus walked into the parlor and poured himself a shot glass of Bourbon. He then took a sip of it, before leaning against the wall and looking at her.
“I see you’ve made yourself at home, Katerina.”
She looked at him.
“Well, what else am I supposed to do? Hayley’s in the Bayou at an appointment with Agnes, Rebekah is I don’t know where, you’re plotting something, and Elijah’s out doing I don’t know what,” she replied, being neutral.
“Well, if you must know, I’m trying to get my city back and my siblings have volunteered to help in a way.”
“And while I wait for your unborn child’s mother to return, I have to stay here and entertain myself and worry.”
“And what has you worried, luv?”
“A pregnant wolf carrying your child is in the Bayou with an elder. That’s what. I don’t trust her,” she informed the hybrid.
“And you think we should all be worried,” he stated.
“Yes. Especially, you,” she replied.
“I didn’t know you cared so much.”
“It’s impossible not to when I’ve been a mother before. She was taken away from me. I don’t want that to happen to anyone else. Especially, Hayley. She’s been through hell almost as bad as I have. Besides, if Elijah’s right, which he usually is, this child will change you. I think it already has.”
His phone went off and he answered it.
“Little Sister,” he greeted.
“I lost the Wolf Girl. That witch has flown the coop and vampires went after the Wolf Girl. I stayed behind and got an arrow in my back. When I woke up, she was gone. Now I can’t find her anywhere.”
“Where are you?” he asked with an angry face.
“In the Bayou by the woods.”
“Stay there. I’m coming.”
He hung up and she got to her feet, empty shot glass on the table.
“What happened?” she asked.
She knew the face he had. It meant that something had happened and others would die because of it.
He grabbed her upper arm.
“You’re going to the Bayou with me to find the Little Wolf. Your suspicions were right. That witch isn’t around, and vampires went after the Little Wolf. My dear sister lost her, and can’t seem to find her. You’re going to help,” he said with a growl.
That night, they all stood by an old house by the Bayou woods, talking.
“Tell me sister. How did you manage to lose the mother of my child?”
“I had an arrow in my back. She was gone when I woke up. What do you think, Nik?”
“If you would’ve been with her earlier, this wouldn’t have happened.”
“Have you ever thought that I’m getting tired of being the babysitter all the time?”
The human put herself between them and looked at them.
“Can you two stop bickering already? You’re adding tension and stress to the situation that I don’t want right now. I’m going to see if I can find her. Try not to kill each other.”
With that, she headed into the woods in search of the wolf and checked everywhere, including areas that could be used as somewhere to hide.
An hour later, she found her out cold on her back on the ground.
As soon as she saw her, she ran to and knelt by the werewolf. And as soon as she knelt by her, someone came out from the darkness.
Feeling that someone was there, she looked up to see him.
“Not who I was expecting, but you’ll do.”
At vamp speed, he had her pinned, back against a tree, arm against her throat.
“Nothing will delight me more than to see the Originals suffer. I hear one has a thing for you. After this, Agnes gets to deal with the werewolf and the spawn.”
“Go to hell,” she said.
A moment later, he vamped out and sunk his teeth into the side of her neck. She knew she wouldn’t be able to fight against this one, so she only hoped that Klaus and Rebekah would get there in time.
When they smelled the flow of blood, they stopped bickering and used super speed, following the scent. For Rebekah, it was vamp speed and for Klaus, it was hybrid speed. Then, once they arrived, Rebekah went to make sure Hayley was okay, while Klaus took care of the vampire who didn’t last long against him. He soon ripped out the vamp's heart and dropped it, before looking at his sister.
“Get the Little Wolf out of here, sister. I’ll deal with the body and take care of Katerina,” Klaus said.
As soon as Rebekah and Hayley were out of sight, he went over and knelt by an out cold and bitten Katerina. He’d be happy to just let her die, but knew it would shatter Elijah. What he saw in her, Niklaus would probably never know. So, knowing that for Elijah he couldn’t let her die, he gently pulled her into his arms and bit his wrist. He then put it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal her.
The next day, when she woke up, she was in her and Elijah’s room in bed. She then saw that she was alone, so she figured that everyone had gone to take down the King of New Orleans. So, after getting to her feet, she went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
Once downstairs and fed, she walked into the parlor where Hayley was sitting in a chair with a book in hand, reading.
“I see you’re feeling better,” the wolf commented.
Kat sat on the couch and looked at her.
“I am. I assume it was Rebekah?”
“Actually, it was Klaus.”
“He probably felt guilty for putting me in that mess then. Serves him right. He shouldn’t have drug me out to the Bayou with him. I would’ve been safe if he had just left me here.”
She saw Hayley set the book down and look a bit on the pale side. So, not wanting anything to happen to her or that child, she approached the wolf.
“Are you okay?”
“I don’t know. It’s probably nothing, but I’m not feeling well all of a sudden. It’s probably just morning sickness.”
She felt the wolf’s forehead with a hand.
“You’re burning up. You need to lie down while I let them know.”
Hayley got to her feet, not knowing why Katherine had to call them.
Katherine helped her upstairs with an arm on her upper one and to her bed, before taking out her phone and calling Klaus.
“This isn’t the time, luv.”
“Well, you better make time, or you’re not going to be a dad. A witch did something. Now she’s burning up. You better speak to Sophie.”
She heard him growl, before hanging up.
That night, Elijah and Kat saved the child by getting her in the pool, while Klaus dealt with Agnes. Then, afterward, Elijah found Klaus and Agnes at the church and killed her for messing with his family.
The next day, when she woke up, Kat had an urge, so she rushed to the bathroom and closed the door, before kneeling in front of the toilet where she threw up.
A few minutes later, she heard a voice from the other side of the door.
“Are you okay? Talk to me, Katerina.”
She figured he must’ve heard her.
“I’m fine, Elijah,” she said, knowing why she was feeling this way.
She flushed the toilet and got to her feet, before cleaning up and getting ready for the day. She then opened the door to reveal her now boyfriend.
“I have to tell you something, though I don’t know how this is possible. I haven’t felt like this since I had Nadia 500 years ago in Bulgaria. I know vampires can’t procreate, but I’m pregnant.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes,” she replied, before wrapping her arms around his neck and looking up at him. They then kissed.
They smiled, knowing that this was their second chance at a semi-happy life. Now to break the news to the family.
“Welcome to the family,” was all Hayley said, after Elijah and the human told the family in the parlor.
“What is this? An orphanage?” was all Rebekah said, before leaving the room.
Kat figured that she was feeling left out, since she wasn’t human and couldn’t have kids like Hayley and Katherine were going to be doing. She kind of felt sorry for her, since she had barely had any happiness since becoming an Original vampire.
“Well, as exciting as this has been, I have places to be,” Klaus said, before leaving the house.
“That went well,” Kat commented.
“It could’ve been worse. Call me if you need me,” he said.
They kissed, before he left.
Several months later, Klaus and Hayley’s child, Hope, was saved from the witches trying to sacrifice her and Hayley was a new hybrid. Hope was with Rebekah and it was coming close to Katerina having the child, which they decided on naming Khadija Petrova Mikaelson.
When it was time, she decided to give birth in the Mikaelson family home. And after a few hours, she was born.
Kat sat up in bed with her in her arms, and looked down at her.
“Welcome to New Orleans, Khadija Petrova Mikaelson.”
Without You (Kalijah)
*American Gothic*
If you had a choice
Then what would you choose…
To do
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other in a Pennsylvania alleyway.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused.
“No. 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.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.”
He turned his face away.
She put her hand down.
“You don’t believe me.”
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.” He began to walk away, but she caught up with him and put a hand on his arm. He looked at her hand on her arm and then her a couple of times.
Getting the hint, she let go.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
If I couldn’t blink
Woulda still be able to see you
I coulda imagine
Ooohh
Without arms
Coulda reach
No way I could ever hold you
Uaahhh
I need these things
Like I need you
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
Katherine found him that night and stood in front of him, blocking him from going anywhere.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?”
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me too.” She took out the cure.
“You have the cure.”
“Yes, and I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set it in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away, before looking down at the cure.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Later that night, they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place.
He rested a hand on the side of her face after telling her that he was leaving town.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded.
“Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment, before kissing her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, he was gone.
*New Orleans*
Uaaahh
Ooohhhwaahhh
Hwawahh
If I couldn’t dream without
Believe that there could be
A you and me
And if I couldn’t see
Would you be able
To hear my melody
I know there’s something wrong
And I’m afraid
That you are moving on
How can I fly
When you are my wings?
I need these things
Like I need you
After an entire summer of being alone and afraid and not knowing when an enemy would come around the next corner, if any, she decided to hot-wire a car and drive to New Orleans, taking a chance. She’d been mad after Elijah had left, and had thought Elena had had something to do with him abandoning her, so she’d taken it out on Elena and had tried to kill her. Because Elena didn’t want to die, she’d shoved the cure down her throat. Katherine hadn’t known that Elena had had the cure in her pocket. If she had, an entire different scenario would’ve played out. Since she had nowhere to go, and everyone nearly everywhere hated her, she decided to come to New Orleans. She hoped that it wouldn’t be a mistake. She needed Elijah now more than ever, even if being turned human was her fault.
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Elijah was walking, heading home, when he smelled the familiar smell of Katerina mixed with human, blood, and smoke. Curious, he followed the scent trail, hoping no one was hurt. Especially, Katerina. If anything happened to her, he didn’t know what pieces of him would be left. Even though he’d left, he still loved her and would do anything for her, but he couldn’t abandon his family. He had to always choose family above love, he felt. Family was everything, even if she didn’t understand his faith in Klaus. He knew a part of her understood family though, even though her human family had been killed 500 years ago by Klaus. That was the night that had changed her into someone that wasn’t the Katerina he fell in love with. She was different now, but that didn’t mean he didn’t love her. She was just too complicated at times, which was why he had to leave her at the time. Because of complications, and because he felt like he still had to protect her from Klaus.
You can take it all
From me
It wouldn’t mean
Anything
Turn the whole world against me
As long as
You don’t leave
It’s getting hard for me to sleep
Even a part for me to breathe
I’m used to life with you
Tell me what I need to do
Once he found the scene, he blurred to the car that had crashed into a streetlight pole and was on fire, her still inside. As soon as he was at her side of the car, he knew that it was Katerina. He forced the jammed door and gently pulled her into his arms, getting her out of the wreckage and ablazed car. Then, once he was a ways away from the car, he gently layed her down and assessed her injuries. It didn’t look bad. She was okay as far as injuries were concerned. There was blood on either side of her head and a few minor wounds, so they weren’t bad. The worst part had been the fire from the car, since he couldn’t hear anything from her. His heart sank, knowing this, but he knew he had to try.
He bent down and kissed her, giving her some air, trying to revive her.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
“Breathe, Katerina. Breathe. Come back to me,” he pleaded, as he tried to bring her back. He couldn’t lose her. He wouldn’t. Him leaving her couldn’t be the last memory he had of her. She had to live. “Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please.”
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Twenty minutes later, she coughed, revived, and he rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Katerina,” he said, glad that she’d be okay and was alive now.
After she was taken care of by Rebekah upon Elijah’s request, she was good as new and they sorted things out and soon got back together.
If you had a choice
Then what would you choose…
To do
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other in a Pennsylvania alleyway.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused.
“No. 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.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.”
He turned his face away.
She put her hand down.
“You don’t believe me.”
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.” He began to walk away, but she caught up with him and put a hand on his arm. He looked at her hand on her arm and then her a couple of times.
Getting the hint, she let go.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
If I couldn’t blink
Woulda still be able to see you
I coulda imagine
Ooohh
Without arms
Coulda reach
No way I could ever hold you
Uaahhh
I need these things
Like I need you
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
Katherine found him that night and stood in front of him, blocking him from going anywhere.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?”
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me too.” She took out the cure.
“You have the cure.”
“Yes, and I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set it in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away, before looking down at the cure.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Later that night, they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place.
He rested a hand on the side of her face after telling her that he was leaving town.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded.
“Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment, before kissing her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, he was gone.
*New Orleans*
Uaaahh
Ooohhhwaahhh
Hwawahh
If I couldn’t dream without
Believe that there could be
A you and me
And if I couldn’t see
Would you be able
To hear my melody
I know there’s something wrong
And I’m afraid
That you are moving on
How can I fly
When you are my wings?
I need these things
Like I need you
After an entire summer of being alone and afraid and not knowing when an enemy would come around the next corner, if any, she decided to hot-wire a car and drive to New Orleans, taking a chance. She’d been mad after Elijah had left, and had thought Elena had had something to do with him abandoning her, so she’d taken it out on Elena and had tried to kill her. Because Elena didn’t want to die, she’d shoved the cure down her throat. Katherine hadn’t known that Elena had had the cure in her pocket. If she had, an entire different scenario would’ve played out. Since she had nowhere to go, and everyone nearly everywhere hated her, she decided to come to New Orleans. She hoped that it wouldn’t be a mistake. She needed Elijah now more than ever, even if being turned human was her fault.
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Elijah was walking, heading home, when he smelled the familiar smell of Katerina mixed with human, blood, and smoke. Curious, he followed the scent trail, hoping no one was hurt. Especially, Katerina. If anything happened to her, he didn’t know what pieces of him would be left. Even though he’d left, he still loved her and would do anything for her, but he couldn’t abandon his family. He had to always choose family above love, he felt. Family was everything, even if she didn’t understand his faith in Klaus. He knew a part of her understood family though, even though her human family had been killed 500 years ago by Klaus. That was the night that had changed her into someone that wasn’t the Katerina he fell in love with. She was different now, but that didn’t mean he didn’t love her. She was just too complicated at times, which was why he had to leave her at the time. Because of complications, and because he felt like he still had to protect her from Klaus.
You can take it all
From me
It wouldn’t mean
Anything
Turn the whole world against me
As long as
You don’t leave
It’s getting hard for me to sleep
Even a part for me to breathe
I’m used to life with you
Tell me what I need to do
Once he found the scene, he blurred to the car that had crashed into a streetlight pole and was on fire, her still inside. As soon as he was at her side of the car, he knew that it was Katerina. He forced the jammed door and gently pulled her into his arms, getting her out of the wreckage and ablazed car. Then, once he was a ways away from the car, he gently layed her down and assessed her injuries. It didn’t look bad. She was okay as far as injuries were concerned. There was blood on either side of her head and a few minor wounds, so they weren’t bad. The worst part had been the fire from the car, since he couldn’t hear anything from her. His heart sank, knowing this, but he knew he had to try.
He bent down and kissed her, giving her some air, trying to revive her.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
“Breathe, Katerina. Breathe. Come back to me,” he pleaded, as he tried to bring her back. He couldn’t lose her. He wouldn’t. Him leaving her couldn’t be the last memory he had of her. She had to live. “Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please.”
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Twenty minutes later, she coughed, revived, and he rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Katerina,” he said, glad that she’d be okay and was alive now.
After she was taken care of by Rebekah upon Elijah’s request, she was good as new and they sorted things out and soon got back together.