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If I Die Young (Kalijah)
If I die young
Bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river
At dawn
Send me away with words of a love song
It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Elijah Mikaelson got ready to leave Mystic Falls, Virginia to try and save Katerina Petrova, his love of 500 years. It didn’t matter that he had broken up with her. He still was very much in love with her, and his love could never die. He had done everything for her, but she wasn’t who she used to be anymore. Last time he had seen her, she had lied to him, yet again. That had been enough for him, and he had walked away. Even though he had hope for her, he needed to be there for his family, so he had left her in Mystic Falls. She had been a vampire when he had broken up with her. He had just heard from Mystic Falls though, that she was human and had taken a tragic turn for the worse. He may have broken up with her, but he knew he had to save her, no matter what. It was his flaw. He saw something or someone that needed fixed, and he couldn’t help but try and fix it or that someone. Even though it was Katerina’s fault for becoming human, it wasn’t her fault for dying of old age. No matter what, she didn’t deserve this. No one did. He hoped that he wasn’t too late to save her. He still loved her, after all.
When he entered the Salvatore boarding house and found his way to the room she was in, he knew she didn’t have much time left. She was weak from dying and he saw Damon on her bedside, tormenting her in her head. He wanted to rip his heart out, but he didn’t. He was better than that.
He walked in.
“Enough.”
Damon stopped and turned around to see Elijah, now on his feet.
“Who called you?” he asked.
“Someone named Nadia. Now, if you’d be so kind as to leave, I won’t harm you for tormenting her on her deathbed.”
Damon left, and Elijah went to sit on her bedside.
He took her hand in his and looked down at her.
“Katerina,” he greeted.
Hearing her human name, she opened her eyes and looked up to see Elijah.
“You came.”
She smiled.
He smiled back.
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face.
“I was afraid I’d be too late to say goodbye.”
“I’m a fighter, and I was waiting for you. I wasn’t going to die without seeing you for the last time.”
“I wish I could stop this, but I know now that I’m too late to help you.”
“By being here with me, you’ve helped me enough. You being here gives me peace. Promise me, Elijah, that when I’m gone, you’ll take good care of Nadia. I never got to be a mother she deserves, but she needs to go to New Orleans with you. She never knew her father and you would be the best father she could ever ask for. Just take care of my daughter.”
“I promise I’ll take care of Nadia,” he promised. He hadn’t realized Nadia who had called him was Katerina’s daughter. He’d find out how it was possible later.
“Thank you. I love you, Elijah.”
“I love you, too, Katerina. Always and forever.”
She smiled and then closed her eyes.
His heart broke, knowing he was too late. Just a little too late. He wanted to cry but wouldn’t. Not now. Not here.
He silently left the room and he and Nadia went to New Orleans, where they buried her in the cemetery.
Funny when you’re dead
How people start listening…
Bury me in satin
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Sink me in the river
At dawn
Send me away with words of a love song
It was a dark night in New Orleans, as Elijah Mikaelson got ready to leave Mystic Falls, Virginia to try and save Katerina Petrova, his love of 500 years. It didn’t matter that he had broken up with her. He still was very much in love with her, and his love could never die. He had done everything for her, but she wasn’t who she used to be anymore. Last time he had seen her, she had lied to him, yet again. That had been enough for him, and he had walked away. Even though he had hope for her, he needed to be there for his family, so he had left her in Mystic Falls. She had been a vampire when he had broken up with her. He had just heard from Mystic Falls though, that she was human and had taken a tragic turn for the worse. He may have broken up with her, but he knew he had to save her, no matter what. It was his flaw. He saw something or someone that needed fixed, and he couldn’t help but try and fix it or that someone. Even though it was Katerina’s fault for becoming human, it wasn’t her fault for dying of old age. No matter what, she didn’t deserve this. No one did. He hoped that he wasn’t too late to save her. He still loved her, after all.
When he entered the Salvatore boarding house and found his way to the room she was in, he knew she didn’t have much time left. She was weak from dying and he saw Damon on her bedside, tormenting her in her head. He wanted to rip his heart out, but he didn’t. He was better than that.
He walked in.
“Enough.”
Damon stopped and turned around to see Elijah, now on his feet.
“Who called you?” he asked.
“Someone named Nadia. Now, if you’d be so kind as to leave, I won’t harm you for tormenting her on her deathbed.”
Damon left, and Elijah went to sit on her bedside.
He took her hand in his and looked down at her.
“Katerina,” he greeted.
Hearing her human name, she opened her eyes and looked up to see Elijah.
“You came.”
She smiled.
He smiled back.
She rested a gentle hand on the side of his face.
“I was afraid I’d be too late to say goodbye.”
“I’m a fighter, and I was waiting for you. I wasn’t going to die without seeing you for the last time.”
“I wish I could stop this, but I know now that I’m too late to help you.”
“By being here with me, you’ve helped me enough. You being here gives me peace. Promise me, Elijah, that when I’m gone, you’ll take good care of Nadia. I never got to be a mother she deserves, but she needs to go to New Orleans with you. She never knew her father and you would be the best father she could ever ask for. Just take care of my daughter.”
“I promise I’ll take care of Nadia,” he promised. He hadn’t realized Nadia who had called him was Katerina’s daughter. He’d find out how it was possible later.
“Thank you. I love you, Elijah.”
“I love you, too, Katerina. Always and forever.”
She smiled and then closed her eyes.
His heart broke, knowing he was too late. Just a little too late. He wanted to cry but wouldn’t. Not now. Not here.
He silently left the room and he and Nadia went to New Orleans, where they buried her in the cemetery.
Funny when you’re dead
How people start listening…
Give Me A Reason (Kalijah)
*1492, England*
Right from the start
You were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
“Are you so foolish as to care for her?” Klaus asked Elijah. “Love is a vampire’s greatest weakness, and we are not weak.”
Elijah knew he was right, but his heart already belonged to Katerina. He couldn’t help it.
*1492, England-Mikaelson Estate*
I let you see the parts of me
That weren’t all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them
It was a beautiful day, as Elijah and Katerina sat on a bench, discussing love.
“I do not believe in love, Katerina,” he told her.
“I’m sorry, but that’s too sad for me to believe, my Lord. Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?”
*Pennsylvania*
Now you’ve been talking in your sleep
Oh, oh
Things you never say to me
Oh, oh
Tell me that you’ve had enough
Of our love
Our love
Elijah began to walk away after telling her goodbye, this time using her present-day name, Katherine.
“Wait,” she told him. “You promised you’d talk to Klaus. I can’t make this deal without you.”
He looked at her, and then continued to walk away.
*Pennsylvania-night*
Just give me a reason
Just a little bit’s enough
Just a second, we’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
“I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too. I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me…just like I’m trusting you,” she told him.
*Mikaelson Mansion*
It’s in the stars
It’s been written in the scars on our hearts
We’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she begged.
“Goodbye, Katerina,” was all he said, before disappearing.
*New Orleans-6 Months Later*
Elijah stood there at the door, seeing a very human and disheveled Katerina on the Mikaelson doorstep.
“Come in.”
She walked in and he closed the door. No matter what, he still loved her, and would do anything for her.
I’ll fix it for us
We’re collecting dust
But our love’s enough
You’re holding it in
You’re pouring a drink
No nothing is as bad as it seems
We’ll come clean
Oh
We can learn to love again
Oh
We can learn to love again
Oh, oh
That we’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again…
Right from the start
You were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
“Are you so foolish as to care for her?” Klaus asked Elijah. “Love is a vampire’s greatest weakness, and we are not weak.”
Elijah knew he was right, but his heart already belonged to Katerina. He couldn’t help it.
*1492, England-Mikaelson Estate*
I let you see the parts of me
That weren’t all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them
It was a beautiful day, as Elijah and Katerina sat on a bench, discussing love.
“I do not believe in love, Katerina,” he told her.
“I’m sorry, but that’s too sad for me to believe, my Lord. Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, why would we want to live?”
*Pennsylvania*
Now you’ve been talking in your sleep
Oh, oh
Things you never say to me
Oh, oh
Tell me that you’ve had enough
Of our love
Our love
Elijah began to walk away after telling her goodbye, this time using her present-day name, Katherine.
“Wait,” she told him. “You promised you’d talk to Klaus. I can’t make this deal without you.”
He looked at her, and then continued to walk away.
*Pennsylvania-night*
Just give me a reason
Just a little bit’s enough
Just a second, we’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
“I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too. I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me…just like I’m trusting you,” she told him.
*Mikaelson Mansion*
It’s in the stars
It’s been written in the scars on our hearts
We’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she begged.
“Goodbye, Katerina,” was all he said, before disappearing.
*New Orleans-6 Months Later*
Elijah stood there at the door, seeing a very human and disheveled Katerina on the Mikaelson doorstep.
“Come in.”
She walked in and he closed the door. No matter what, he still loved her, and would do anything for her.
I’ll fix it for us
We’re collecting dust
But our love’s enough
You’re holding it in
You’re pouring a drink
No nothing is as bad as it seems
We’ll come clean
Oh
We can learn to love again
Oh
We can learn to love again
Oh, oh
That we’re not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again…
Apologize (Kalijah)
*England 1492, Cabin*
I’m holdin’ on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearin’ what you say
But I just can’t make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
While Rose and Elijah were arguing, Katerina Petrova, seeing no way out but death, and seeing that there was a rope hanging from the ceiling, hung herself by length of rope.
Rose and Elijah looked to see what she had done, which stopped them arguing.
But wait…
You tell me that you’re sorry
When Katerina woke up, she saw that she was on the bed with Elijah standing over her, and sat up in bed, realizing that she was in transition to become a vampire.
“Why’d you do it? I would’ve helped you escape.”
“No. You would’ve helped me run and that wouldn’t have been enough,” she replied.
They got to their feet and Rose tried to kill her with a stake, but she put the old woman who owned the cabin, in front of her which resulted in Rose accidentally staking the woman.
“Don’t you see? She used your love for her against you,” Rose said.
“I’m sorry. Forgive me,” Katerina said to him, before feeding from the woman. Then she through the woman’s body at Rose and fled from the cabin at vamp speed.
*Pennsylvania, 2013/2014*
Didn’t think I’d turn around
And say…
That it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late…
I said it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late, too late, oh, oh
Katherine Pierce snapped Elena’s neck from behind and looked at Elijah.
“Sorry, I got held up.”
“You killed Jeremy Gilbert.”
“Yes, Elijah, I killed Jeremy Gilbert, a bombshell I’m sure she just couldn’t wait to drop on you. Ironic, since she supposedly doesn’t care about anything.”
“Well, I care. Do you honestly feel nothing for this girl, a girl fated to live the same life that you’ve endured? And now you’ve just taken away the last of her family, just as yours was taken away from you.”
“Uh, why are you looking at me like I enjoyed it?” she questioned, and then he started walking away. She followed him. “Jeremy was collateral damage. I was doing what I had to do to survive.”
He stopped and looked at her.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?”
“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. Elijah.” He pulled his face away and she put her hands down. “You don’t believe me.”
“I want to. 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 that I ever will.”
He began to walk away, and she followed him again.
“Wait. You gave me your word that you would talk to Klaus. I can’t make a deal without you."
He stopped and looked at her again.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She watched, as he walked away from her.
*Night*
Elijah was walking down a sidewalk, when Kat approached him.
He started to pass her, but she stopped him with a hand on his arm.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked her.
“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 took a small black box out of her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yeah. And I can show 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.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man.”
She took his hand and put the box in it, holding hers over it. “Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too. 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 gonna let you decide where we go from here.” She passed him and walked away.
He opened it and looked at the cure, and then closed it and crossed the street, where Rebekah was perched on his parked car.
*Mystic Falls, Mikaelson Mansion, 2014*
I’d take another chance
Take a fall, take a shot for you, oh, oh
It was a dark night, as Katherine stood in front of Elijah at the Mikaelson mansion.
“Be smart, Elijah. Klaus is stark raving mad, not to mention completely irredeemable. Leave him to set off on this new adventure, and let’s you and I go on ours. I have lost so much of my life to Klaus. So, have you,” she said, as she looked up at him. He had just told her that he was leaving to help Klaus in New Orleans. She rested her hands soothingly on his arm. “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please.”
“Katerina…” He placed a hand on her cheek and drew his face to hers, before kissing her forehead. “Goodbye.”
She stood there silently after he had vanished, upset about his choice, and felt that it was Elena’s fault.
*I Know What You Did Last Summer/House of the Rising Son*
It was a dismal night, as Katherine walked towards the plantation home where the Mikaelsons were staying at in New Orleans. It had been a long and hellish summer for her, not knowing if one of her supernatural enemies would come around the next corner. Because she had been so angry that she had tried to kill Elena, Elena had shoved the cure for vampirism down her throat. Now Katherine was human, homeless, hungry, tired, and dirty. Her hair hadn’t seen a brush all summer and she had been a vampire for so long, she didn’t know how to be human. Now she saw herself as a worthless, weak, slow, and fearful human. She kind of was. Supernatural beings were stronger and faster than humans, and she was afraid. Now she was about to ask an Original for help. She hadn’t been able to reach Elijah, so she was going to her worse enemy; her greatest enemy, for help and protection. She had thought about what deal she would make with him and figured it would work.
She stood outside and knocked on the door.
A moment later, the door opened to reveal the devil in disguise. A very angry and worked up Klaus. Rebekah and Hayley were in the background, Hayley getting her breath back, and Rebekah looking angry at Klaus.
“I can’t get a hold of Elijah, so I’m coming to you for help. You’re the most powerful thing on earth, and I’ve gotten myself in the worst-case scenario. I’ll make a deal with you,” she said, before he could say anything.
He gave an amusing smile, amused that the once powerful vampire was now a worthless human.
“You are the most hilarious sight,” he said, chuckling.
He stepped aside, and she walked in.
He closed the door and they faced each other.
“I’m out of here. Try not to kill the Wolf Girl,” Rebekah said, before leaving.
Hayley went to her room, while Klaus and Katherine talked in the parlor.
“I’m glad you find my misery so amusing,” Kat commented.
“It’s not every day I find my former doppelgänger on my doorstep,” he replied. “What deal do you want to make, luv? I have an old friend to take down.”
“It’s simple, really. I help you make an army of hybrids and in return, you give me protection. In the end, you let me have my happiness with Elijah, and give me freedom from you.”
“You raise a high bargain. I like it. Deal.”
So, in the end, Elijah was saved, and Klaus let them have their happiness.
*The Casket Girls/50 Days of Grayson*
It was a dark night, as Kat headed down the stairs to get something to drink. Everyone at the compound was asleep after everything. Davina had attacked Klaus, Marcel, and Elijah so she had had to talk Davina out of it. After that, everything had been quiet.
Suddenly, halfway down the stairs, pain surged from her left arm and traveled to the left side of her chest. She put a hand on the left side of her chest. She didn’t know what was happening but assumed this was it.
A moment later, she tumbled down the stairs and everything went black.
A few minutes later, Elijah came home from having a drink at the bar, only to see her on the floor on her back.
“Katerina.”
He was instantly at her side.
*Après Moi Le Delunge/ 500 Years of Solitude*
Elijah stood in a hallway, as he watched the doctors try to revive her. He couldn’t lose her. Not when they had only just begun to have the life they had always wanted together. She was his hope and light. He couldn’t bear the thought of the world existing without her in it.
Twenty minutes later, they revived her, and she was sent to bedrest at home. The doctors didn’t think she’d make it through the night.
I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it’s nothin’ new, yeah!
I loved you with a fire red
Now it’s turnin’ blue
And you say…
Sorry, like an angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I’m afraid
Knowing she was close to death, it broke his heart. He was afraid to let her go for the very last time, but he couldn’t do anything but watch her die. All he could do was spend time with her during her last moments.
He sat down on her bedside and gave her a smile.
She smiled back.
“I’m sorry you have to watch me die. I know how much it hurts,” she told him.
“Close your eyes, Katerina.”
“But I want to see you.”
“You will.”
She closed her eyes, as did he, and he went inside her head, giving her the happiest moment that he could, until she finally died.
He left her head.
It’s too late to apologize
It’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late.
I’m holdin’ on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearin’ what you say
But I just can’t make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
While Rose and Elijah were arguing, Katerina Petrova, seeing no way out but death, and seeing that there was a rope hanging from the ceiling, hung herself by length of rope.
Rose and Elijah looked to see what she had done, which stopped them arguing.
But wait…
You tell me that you’re sorry
When Katerina woke up, she saw that she was on the bed with Elijah standing over her, and sat up in bed, realizing that she was in transition to become a vampire.
“Why’d you do it? I would’ve helped you escape.”
“No. You would’ve helped me run and that wouldn’t have been enough,” she replied.
They got to their feet and Rose tried to kill her with a stake, but she put the old woman who owned the cabin, in front of her which resulted in Rose accidentally staking the woman.
“Don’t you see? She used your love for her against you,” Rose said.
“I’m sorry. Forgive me,” Katerina said to him, before feeding from the woman. Then she through the woman’s body at Rose and fled from the cabin at vamp speed.
*Pennsylvania, 2013/2014*
Didn’t think I’d turn around
And say…
That it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late…
I said it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late, too late, oh, oh
Katherine Pierce snapped Elena’s neck from behind and looked at Elijah.
“Sorry, I got held up.”
“You killed Jeremy Gilbert.”
“Yes, Elijah, I killed Jeremy Gilbert, a bombshell I’m sure she just couldn’t wait to drop on you. Ironic, since she supposedly doesn’t care about anything.”
“Well, I care. Do you honestly feel nothing for this girl, a girl fated to live the same life that you’ve endured? And now you’ve just taken away the last of her family, just as yours was taken away from you.”
“Uh, why are you looking at me like I enjoyed it?” she questioned, and then he started walking away. She followed him. “Jeremy was collateral damage. I was doing what I had to do to survive.”
He stopped and looked at her.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?”
“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. Elijah.” He pulled his face away and she put her hands down. “You don’t believe me.”
“I want to. 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 that I ever will.”
He began to walk away, and she followed him again.
“Wait. You gave me your word that you would talk to Klaus. I can’t make a deal without you."
He stopped and looked at her again.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She watched, as he walked away from her.
*Night*
Elijah was walking down a sidewalk, when Kat approached him.
He started to pass her, but she stopped him with a hand on his arm.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked her.
“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 took a small black box out of her purse.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yeah. And I can show 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.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man.”
She took his hand and put the box in it, holding hers over it. “Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too. 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 gonna let you decide where we go from here.” She passed him and walked away.
He opened it and looked at the cure, and then closed it and crossed the street, where Rebekah was perched on his parked car.
*Mystic Falls, Mikaelson Mansion, 2014*
I’d take another chance
Take a fall, take a shot for you, oh, oh
It was a dark night, as Katherine stood in front of Elijah at the Mikaelson mansion.
“Be smart, Elijah. Klaus is stark raving mad, not to mention completely irredeemable. Leave him to set off on this new adventure, and let’s you and I go on ours. I have lost so much of my life to Klaus. So, have you,” she said, as she looked up at him. He had just told her that he was leaving to help Klaus in New Orleans. She rested her hands soothingly on his arm. “It’s our turn, Elijah. Please.”
“Katerina…” He placed a hand on her cheek and drew his face to hers, before kissing her forehead. “Goodbye.”
She stood there silently after he had vanished, upset about his choice, and felt that it was Elena’s fault.
*I Know What You Did Last Summer/House of the Rising Son*
It was a dismal night, as Katherine walked towards the plantation home where the Mikaelsons were staying at in New Orleans. It had been a long and hellish summer for her, not knowing if one of her supernatural enemies would come around the next corner. Because she had been so angry that she had tried to kill Elena, Elena had shoved the cure for vampirism down her throat. Now Katherine was human, homeless, hungry, tired, and dirty. Her hair hadn’t seen a brush all summer and she had been a vampire for so long, she didn’t know how to be human. Now she saw herself as a worthless, weak, slow, and fearful human. She kind of was. Supernatural beings were stronger and faster than humans, and she was afraid. Now she was about to ask an Original for help. She hadn’t been able to reach Elijah, so she was going to her worse enemy; her greatest enemy, for help and protection. She had thought about what deal she would make with him and figured it would work.
She stood outside and knocked on the door.
A moment later, the door opened to reveal the devil in disguise. A very angry and worked up Klaus. Rebekah and Hayley were in the background, Hayley getting her breath back, and Rebekah looking angry at Klaus.
“I can’t get a hold of Elijah, so I’m coming to you for help. You’re the most powerful thing on earth, and I’ve gotten myself in the worst-case scenario. I’ll make a deal with you,” she said, before he could say anything.
He gave an amusing smile, amused that the once powerful vampire was now a worthless human.
“You are the most hilarious sight,” he said, chuckling.
He stepped aside, and she walked in.
He closed the door and they faced each other.
“I’m out of here. Try not to kill the Wolf Girl,” Rebekah said, before leaving.
Hayley went to her room, while Klaus and Katherine talked in the parlor.
“I’m glad you find my misery so amusing,” Kat commented.
“It’s not every day I find my former doppelgänger on my doorstep,” he replied. “What deal do you want to make, luv? I have an old friend to take down.”
“It’s simple, really. I help you make an army of hybrids and in return, you give me protection. In the end, you let me have my happiness with Elijah, and give me freedom from you.”
“You raise a high bargain. I like it. Deal.”
So, in the end, Elijah was saved, and Klaus let them have their happiness.
*The Casket Girls/50 Days of Grayson*
It was a dark night, as Kat headed down the stairs to get something to drink. Everyone at the compound was asleep after everything. Davina had attacked Klaus, Marcel, and Elijah so she had had to talk Davina out of it. After that, everything had been quiet.
Suddenly, halfway down the stairs, pain surged from her left arm and traveled to the left side of her chest. She put a hand on the left side of her chest. She didn’t know what was happening but assumed this was it.
A moment later, she tumbled down the stairs and everything went black.
A few minutes later, Elijah came home from having a drink at the bar, only to see her on the floor on her back.
“Katerina.”
He was instantly at her side.
*Après Moi Le Delunge/ 500 Years of Solitude*
Elijah stood in a hallway, as he watched the doctors try to revive her. He couldn’t lose her. Not when they had only just begun to have the life they had always wanted together. She was his hope and light. He couldn’t bear the thought of the world existing without her in it.
Twenty minutes later, they revived her, and she was sent to bedrest at home. The doctors didn’t think she’d make it through the night.
I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it’s nothin’ new, yeah!
I loved you with a fire red
Now it’s turnin’ blue
And you say…
Sorry, like an angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I’m afraid
Knowing she was close to death, it broke his heart. He was afraid to let her go for the very last time, but he couldn’t do anything but watch her die. All he could do was spend time with her during her last moments.
He sat down on her bedside and gave her a smile.
She smiled back.
“I’m sorry you have to watch me die. I know how much it hurts,” she told him.
“Close your eyes, Katerina.”
“But I want to see you.”
“You will.”
She closed her eyes, as did he, and he went inside her head, giving her the happiest moment that he could, until she finally died.
He left her head.
It’s too late to apologize
It’s too late
I said it’s too late to apologize
It’s too late.
The Girl Who Waited (Kat's POV)
My name is Katherine Pierce and I’m a former vampiress. I have had a very hard life for 500 years, because I chose to run instead of being sacrificed in a ritual by a hybrid named Klaus Mikaelson who prefers to be called Klaus. For 500 years, I ran and stayed one step ahead of him. In the meantime, his elder brother, Elijah Mikaelson, and I were in love, but because of Klaus, we couldn’t be together. Klaus is so paranoid that his siblings will leave him; break the promise they have kept for 1,000 years, “We stick together, always and forever,” that people who his siblings fall for, he kills. I’ve made many enemies that have kept me from being happy and having a life that I’ve always wanted. I thought Klaus was the worse I could and would ever encounter, but I was wrong. There was an immortal by the name of Silas. He killed me, but I came back to life somehow. He killed me because he needed the cure for vampirism and it was inside of me, because Elena Gilbert, my doppelganger, shoved it down my throat on Graduation night when I was so angry that I tried to kill her, because I hate her for getting the life I always wanted. Now, because I screwed Elena over, I’m dying of old age. The cure did something to me. I can’t digest vampire blood and I assume I’m dying of old age because I turned 500 years ago. You want to know what the worst part is? I’m alone in this. I’m surrounded by those that hate me and Elijah doesn’t know what happened to me. If he did, he’d be here, right? So now, all I can do is wait. I wait for his return but know it may be too late and I may not be able to be saved. This is the story of a girl that waits for her long-lost love to return.
It’s a dark night in the Salvatore boarding house, as I lay in bed. Nadia has just left the house, made that I’d rather die than be in her body as a Traveler. Stefan has left too after giving me some peace, and Damon is trying to make me miserable. Why must he do this? I didn’t do this when I was a vampire and he was dying from a werewolf bite. He goes in my head, first visiting my nightmare from 500 years ago when I first turned; the night I found my family and village slaughtered in Bulgaria. Then he goes in my head, making me think that Elijah came for me, but it’s really just Damon. All I want is for this misery to end and Damon won’t stop. I demand him to get out of my head, but he doesn’t.
After what feels like an eternity, it stops, and I open my eyes to see Elijah at the doorway and Damon finally gone; probably scared off by Elijah.
“Elijah?” I question, wanting; needing to know that it’s really him.
“Katerina,” he greets, as he sits on my bedside.
I rest a gentle hand on the side of his face, looking at him.
We smile at each other.
“You came,” I say.
“I did. I’d like you to go to New Orleans with me. There’s a witch there that can help you.”
“You know I’d go anywhere with you.”
“Then let’s go.”
I smile.
On the way to New Orleans, I think about how Elijah finally came back for me. I’m also wondering what will become of me once I’m cured of this. Will Klaus kill me? Will I have to flee from the Mikaelsons again? Will I be safe in New Orleans, me being human again? Will Elijah alone be enough to protect me? Will Elijah and I finally get a chance to be happy together?
After we arrive in New Orleans, we head to the cemetery where I’m introduced to Davina Claire. Then she does a spell and I’m cured. I’ll stay human as long as Elijah’s willing to protect me and give us another chance.
That night, after everything, he decides to get back together and the others, including Hayley, decide to put up with me being here. This makes me happy. I finally got a part of my life I’ve always wanted.
It’s a dark night in the Salvatore boarding house, as I lay in bed. Nadia has just left the house, made that I’d rather die than be in her body as a Traveler. Stefan has left too after giving me some peace, and Damon is trying to make me miserable. Why must he do this? I didn’t do this when I was a vampire and he was dying from a werewolf bite. He goes in my head, first visiting my nightmare from 500 years ago when I first turned; the night I found my family and village slaughtered in Bulgaria. Then he goes in my head, making me think that Elijah came for me, but it’s really just Damon. All I want is for this misery to end and Damon won’t stop. I demand him to get out of my head, but he doesn’t.
After what feels like an eternity, it stops, and I open my eyes to see Elijah at the doorway and Damon finally gone; probably scared off by Elijah.
“Elijah?” I question, wanting; needing to know that it’s really him.
“Katerina,” he greets, as he sits on my bedside.
I rest a gentle hand on the side of his face, looking at him.
We smile at each other.
“You came,” I say.
“I did. I’d like you to go to New Orleans with me. There’s a witch there that can help you.”
“You know I’d go anywhere with you.”
“Then let’s go.”
I smile.
On the way to New Orleans, I think about how Elijah finally came back for me. I’m also wondering what will become of me once I’m cured of this. Will Klaus kill me? Will I have to flee from the Mikaelsons again? Will I be safe in New Orleans, me being human again? Will Elijah alone be enough to protect me? Will Elijah and I finally get a chance to be happy together?
After we arrive in New Orleans, we head to the cemetery where I’m introduced to Davina Claire. Then she does a spell and I’m cured. I’ll stay human as long as Elijah’s willing to protect me and give us another chance.
That night, after everything, he decides to get back together and the others, including Hayley, decide to put up with me being here. This makes me happy. I finally got a part of my life I’ve always wanted.
Don't Wanna Miss A Thing (Kalijah)
*1492*
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
It was a beautiful day in England on the Mikaelson estate, as Katerina Petrova stopped playing chase, when Elijah did.
"You're meant to catch me," she said with a laugh
"Well, if I catch you, then the game will be over."
He smiled.
She sat on a bench, and he sat next to her.
"True love is not real, unless it is returned. Do you agree?" she asked him.
"I do not believe in love, Katerina," he lied, not wanting to get close to her, knowing her death would break a part of him if he allowed himself to care.
"That is too sad for me to accept, my Lord. Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?" she replied.
*American Gothic-Night*
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever, and ever
It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson house in Mystic Falls, as Elijah and Katherine stood in front of each other. He'd just told her that he was leaving town to help Klaus in New Orleans, though he hated leaving her after being there for her for 500 years.
"Please, Elijah. It's our turn," she begged.
"Katerina," was all he could say. He kissed her on the forehead. "Goodbye, Katerina."
Before she knew it, he was gone.
*American Gothic-Day*
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Well, I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time, yeah, yeah, yeah!
It was a beautiful day in Pennsylvania, as they stood in front of each other under a gazebo.
"Katerina," he greeted with a smile. "I've missed you."
She smiled.
"As have I."
They kissed passionately. It had been a while since they'd been able to do this, much less be alone without Klaus' intervention. They wished they could stay like this, but they were in two different worlds. He had loyalty to his family. He felt that he had to sacrifice happiness to be the big brother. She couldn't fully be in his life because of Klaus. He'd wanted her dead for 500 years. This was for her safety, whether they liked it or not.
*500 Years of Solitude*
Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
And I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss a thing
It was a beautiful day at the boarding house, as Elijah sat on her bedside. Whether he wanted to or not, it was time to say goodbye and give her peace.
"Close your eyes, Katerina."
"But I want to see you," she said.
"You will," he promised.
She closed her eyes and he did too, going inside her head to give her peace.
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
It was a beautiful day in England on the Mikaelson estate, as Katerina Petrova stopped playing chase, when Elijah did.
"You're meant to catch me," she said with a laugh
"Well, if I catch you, then the game will be over."
He smiled.
She sat on a bench, and he sat next to her.
"True love is not real, unless it is returned. Do you agree?" she asked him.
"I do not believe in love, Katerina," he lied, not wanting to get close to her, knowing her death would break a part of him if he allowed himself to care.
"That is too sad for me to accept, my Lord. Life is too cruel. If we cease to believe in love, then why would we want to live?" she replied.
*American Gothic-Night*
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever, and ever
It was a dismal night at the Mikaelson house in Mystic Falls, as Elijah and Katherine stood in front of each other. He'd just told her that he was leaving town to help Klaus in New Orleans, though he hated leaving her after being there for her for 500 years.
"Please, Elijah. It's our turn," she begged.
"Katerina," was all he could say. He kissed her on the forehead. "Goodbye, Katerina."
Before she knew it, he was gone.
*American Gothic-Day*
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss one smile
I don't wanna miss one kiss
Well, I just wanna be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just wanna hold you close
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time, yeah, yeah, yeah!
It was a beautiful day in Pennsylvania, as they stood in front of each other under a gazebo.
"Katerina," he greeted with a smile. "I've missed you."
She smiled.
"As have I."
They kissed passionately. It had been a while since they'd been able to do this, much less be alone without Klaus' intervention. They wished they could stay like this, but they were in two different worlds. He had loyalty to his family. He felt that he had to sacrifice happiness to be the big brother. She couldn't fully be in his life because of Klaus. He'd wanted her dead for 500 years. This was for her safety, whether they liked it or not.
*500 Years of Solitude*
Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
And I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't wanna miss a thing
I don't wanna miss a thing
It was a beautiful day at the boarding house, as Elijah sat on her bedside. Whether he wanted to or not, it was time to say goodbye and give her peace.
"Close your eyes, Katerina."
"But I want to see you," she said.
"You will," he promised.
She closed her eyes and he did too, going inside her head to give her peace.